Representing the Decimals



What is Representing Decimals?


What does representing decimals mean? It means that you are determining the value of the number by the position of the number and the digits of the number. If this doesn't make any sense, please click here for more imformation . The decimals are based on the number ten. This makes it easy to remember what the value of the number has. Decimals are separated by a period or dot. This separates the whole number from the decimal.

Websites

Decimals Wikipedia Page
Decimals You Can Understand
Funbrain Place Value Game
Representing Decimals Quiz


Example Problem

Write the Example Problem in Word Form.
568.36 ( This is standard form)
To help you out here is a place value chart.


Place Value Chart

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The number is five hundred sixty-eight and thirty-six hundredths.( This is word form)

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